Hay-elevator



(No Model.)

S. A. WELLMAN.

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SETH A. VVELLMAN, OF LEE CENTRE, ILLINOIS.

HAY- ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,424, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed March 17, 18713. (No model.)

had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hay-elevators; and it consists, first, in atrack composed of a stationary and a hinged part, the hinged part of the track being adapted to be raised upward for the purpose of causing an incline down which the hay-carrier will run toward the back end of the barn; second, in the combination of the pivoted portion of the track, having an opening through it, with a carriage-block which fits in this opening, and which block is adapted to be raised and lowered, carrying the hay-carriage with it; third, in the combination of the pivoted portion of the track, having an opening made through its outer end, and provided with a pivoted I guide for the rope, with a carriageblock and the hay-carriage, the block and carriage being adapted to be lowered upon the wagon, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a hay-elevator in which both the carriage-block and the carriage are lowered directly upon the load, and, after the carriage has been loaded by having the fork attachedthereto sunk into the hay, are then raised back into position and the pivoted portion of the track raised upward, so as to form an. incline plane.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my invention, showing the track raised upward. Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the carriage and carriage-block in the act of being loaded. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the track with the carriageblock in position.

A represents the frame of a barn or building, and which has a guiding-roller, B, for the elevating-rope secured in its top, either in the manner shown or in any other way that may be preferred.

The track 0, upon which the carriage D moves, is formed in two parts, a stationary one which runs back into the building, and

the hinged part 0, which extends forward to the front of the building, and over where the load of hay is supposed to be standing. This part 0 is hinged, so that when the loaded car riage is in position to run back to the rear end of the barn the hinged portion forms an incline plane down which the carriage will run with sufficient force to carry it to theback end of the barn. Through the front end of this hinged portion of the track is made an open ing in which the carriage-block E snugly fits, and which block has its side so formed as to form a continuation of the track upon which the carriage runs. This block is provided with suitable stops, F, which catch against the underside of the hinged portion of the track, and which serve both to prevent the carriagebloek from rising any higher and to raise the track upward, so as to form an inclined plane when the carriage is ready to run back with its load. Upon the top of this carriage-block are formed the supports G, between the upper ends of which are suitable grooved pulleys H under which the elevating-rope passes, and the upper ends of these supports are secured rigidly together by means of the horizontal braces J. The track, in being raised, ascends until the upper ends of these braces strike against the top beam of the barn, and thus prevent it from rising any farther.

In order to hold that part of the rope which forms a guide for the rear end of the carriageblock as it rises upward,there is a pivoted guiding-frame, L, pivoted to the pivoted portion of the track,near its inner end, and this guiding frame, while the carriage and carriage-block are being raised into position, rests upon the top of the track, as shown in Fig. 2. Then, however, the carriage-block has been raised nearly into position, the rear support upon the top of the carriage-block strikes against this frame and raises it upward, as shown in Fig. 1. At the same time that this pivoted guiding-frame is being raised into position the carriage-block is raised from an inclined position into a horizontal one, so as to move evenly into the opening formed in the front end of the track.

The elevatingrope N is fastened at its inner end to the top beam of the barn, passes down through the guiding-frame,under the grooved pulleys upon the top of the carriage-block, over the guiding-pulley B, and then down over a IOO guiding-pulley, P, in the outer end of the pivoted portion of the track, thence down under a guiding-pulley,either in the front of the barn or secured at any other suitable point. \Vhen the horse starts outward, the rope is made to first lift the carriage-block upward, then raise the guiding-frame, andlast of all raise the pivoted portion of the track, so as to form theincline plane. The guiding-frame must be raised upward, as shown, so as to leave the track clear for the carriage to move back and forth.

The carriage will consist preferably of four flanged wheels, R,which are united together by suitable rods, which are secured together at their center or any other suitable point, and which will have the hay-fork attached to its 1111 der side in any suitable manner. This carriage has a suitable rope attached to it for the purpose ofmoving itback and forth upon the track. When the block is lowered, carrying the earriage with it, the carriage and block descend directly upon the load, and the carriage can be loaded by having its fork sunk into the hay without leaving the block. \Vhen the block is raised into position the track is raised upward, so as to form the inclined plane, and then the carriage runs down the track to the point to which the load is to be dumped.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim- 1. In a hay-elevator, a track composed of astationary and a pivoted portion, the pivoted portion being adapted to be raised upward, so as to form an inclined plane, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the pivoted portion of the track, having a suitable opening through its front end, with a carriage-block and a carriage, substantially as described.

3. In a hay-elevator, thecombination of the carriage-block and a carriage, the carriage and carriage-block being adapted to be raised and lowered, substantially as set forth.

4.. The combination of the pi voted portion of the track,the carriage-block, the carriage, and a guiding-frame for the rope, substantially as specified.

The carriage-block provided with the supports and grooved pulleys, and having stops attached to its sides, in combination with the pivoted portion of the track, and a guiding frame, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SETH A. \VPHILITQXN.

Witnesses It. (I. BEAR, E. l. Posr. 

